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German footballer

Dennis Kruppke
Kruppke with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Münster, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
VfL Vorwerk
SV Olympia Bad Schwartau
0000–1995 FC Dornbreite Lübeck
1995–2000 VfB Lübeck
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2003 VfB Lübeck 83 (17)
2003–2007 SC Freiburg 85 (4)
2003–2007SC Freiburg II 9 (1)
2007 → VfB Lübeck (loan) 15 (7)
2008–2015 Eintracht Braunschweig 196 (61)
2008–2014 Eintracht Braunschweig II 3 (2)
Total 391 (92)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Kruppke (born 1 April 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

Career

Kruppke was born in Münster. He joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He made his debut in the German first-tier on 2 August 2003, in a match against Bayer Leverkusen.

He returned to Lübeck for a six-month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg, but was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig, then playing in the Regionalliga Nord, in January 2008. Kruppke went on to captain the team to promotions to the 2. Bundesliga in 2011 and the Bundesliga in 2013. After eight seasons in Braunschweig, he retired at the end of the 2014–15 season due to a knee injury.

Honours

  • Northern German Sportsperson of the Year (Nordsportler des Jahres): 2012

References

  1. "Kruppke, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. "Ponte entzaubert die "Breisgau-Brasilianer"" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "Dennis Kruppke soll bei den Löwen bleiben" (in German). eintracht.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. "Dennis Kruppke Nordsportler des Jahres 2012" (in German). ndr.de. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

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